text message

Definitions

1. 1

   A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones.

   • After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: "Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma."
   • A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
   • Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like.
2. 2

   To transmit a text message.

   • I told him to text message you when he's finished.
   • Please text message the directions to me.

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